Sewing-machine.



` o. F. @L M. T. GOPORTH.'

SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1906.

942,899., Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

/M 6% www... Ns 76 l di;

n 2% /kll l 6....'.

u rrnn sfraras r j FQ@ CHARLES F. GOFORTH AND MARSHALL T. GOFORTH, 0FWCI-IITA, KANSAS.

SEWING-MACHINE.

Application led November 20, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES F. Goron'rri and MARSHALL T. Goroirrn,citizens of the United States, residing at lVichita, in the county ofSedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented a new and usefulSewing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to sewing machines.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved shuttlemechanism for sewing machines.

More specifically, the invention has as its object to provide animproved shuttle support or basket so arranged that it may be pulled upthrough an opening in the throat plate to facilitate the removal andreplacing of the shuttle of the machine.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view through a portion of a sewing machine embodying theshuttle mechanism of the invention, Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of aportion of the machine mechanism showing the location and arrangement ofthe shuttle support, and Fig. 3 is a detail view partly in elevation andpartly in section showing the shuttle support and illustrating the samein normal position in full lines and in position to permit of readyremoval or placing of the shuttle in dotted lines.

In the drawings, the cloth plate of the sewing machine is indicated ingeneral by the reference numeral 5, the standard or goose neck of themachine by the numeral 6, and the throat or opening for removal andreplacement of the shuttle by the numeral 7, this opening being formedin the cloth plate 5 as usual.

Extending downwardly from the under side of the cloth plate is athreaded pin 'or stud 8 which carries a conical bearing 9 upon which isfitted a sleeve 10 formed at the point of junction of the two arms of anangle lever 11. One arm of this lever projects in the direction of theshuttle opening 7 in the cloth plate 5, beneath the said cloth plate,and supports the shuttle as will presently be made clear, it beingunderstood that the arm is rocked upon the bearing 9 through the mediumof any suitable power transmission element which connects the anglelever and the power shaft 12 of the machine which shaft is journaled inthe Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Deo. 1 4, 1909.

Serial No. 344,296.

horizontal arm of the standard or goose neck 6.

The shuttle carrying arm of the angle lever, above referred to, isindicated by the numeral 13 and near its outer extremity is formed witha slot 14 and beyond this slotlO and upon its upperl face with a lug orear 15 which serves to prevent lateral displacement of the bar 16 whichis adjustably locked to the said arm 13 by means of a set screw 17engaged through the slot 14 in the said arm and threaded into the bar16.

To the outer end of the bar 16 there is pivoted a shuttle carryingbasket indicated in general by the numeral 18, the pivotal connectionbetween the basket and the arm being indicated by the numeral 19 andbeing arranged to form a lap oint that will prevent excessive downwardmovement of the basket although the construction is such 'that thebasket may be swung upwardly approximately to the position indicated bythe dotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings so that the shuttle may bereadily removed or replaced.

As clearly shown in the several figures of the drawings the basket isformed with two curved shuttle engaging fingers 20 and beneath thesefingers with two curved shuttle engaging fingers 21 it being understoodthat the shuttle is received between the upper fingers 20 and the lowerfingers 21. The shuttle is indicated by the numeral 22 and is pointed ateach end.

The shuttle 22 has a slightly curved forward face 23 arranged to slideagainst a curved flange 24 which depends from the under side of theplate 5 and is arranged on an arc struck from the axis of the pivot pin8, and the back of the shuttle is rounded and tapers to loop enteringpoints one at each end of the shuttle. rllhe fingers of the shuttlebasket serve merely to hold the shuttie in place against the flange 24as will be readily understood, and the ends of all of the fingers arecurved outward in such manner as not to interfere with the passage ofthe shuttle through the loops.

From the foregoing description of the invention it will be understoodthat the shuttle basket may be swung from the position shown in fulllines in Fig. 3 of the drawings to substantially the position shown indotted lines in the said figure of the drawings and that when in thislatter position, the shuttle may be readily removed from the basket or ashuttle be placed therein.

Ve claim l. A sewing machine having a throat plate opening, areciprocatory shuttle disposed beneath the opening, a shuttle actuator,and a shuttle basket pivotally carriedn by the actuator and arranged tobe projected ing an opening therein, a shuttle carrying 20 lever, ashuttle basket pivotally connected thereto and movable upward throughthe opening in the bed late to permit the insertion and removal of theshuttle, said basket having a pair of spaced lower arms, 25

and a pair of spaced upper arms for engagement with the upper and lowerportions of the shuttle, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaixed our sig- 30 natures in the presence of witnesses.

CHARLES F. GOFORTH. MARSHALL T. GOFORTH.

- l/Vitnesses:

J. E. ALEXANDER, F.. S. METER, SAMUEL SToNEE.

